“Little House on the Prairie” fans know that Mary Ingalls’ blindness was caused by scarlet fever, but the beloved books might have been wrong. According to a new study, brain infection was the most ...
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CHICAGO -- Any fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved "Little House" books knows how the author's sister Mary went blind: scarlet fever. But turns out that probably wasn't the cause, medical experts ...